#C4A42B#C4A42B

#C4A42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.136 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A42B
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -0.26, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 62.43, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0076 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.136 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4785, 38.4633, 7.7878)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A42B #2B4BC4

analogous

#C4582B #C4A42B #98C42B

triadic

#C4A42B #2BC4A4 #A42BC4

tetradic

#C4A42B #2BC458 #2B4BC4 #C42B98

square

#C4A42B #2BC458 #2B4BC4 #C42B98

split-complementary

#C4A42B #2B98C4 #582BC4

monochromatic

#605015 #927A20 #C4A42B #D9BD53 #E4D085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C4A42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#C4A42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A42B

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A42B	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.136 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe6e',
    500: '#c4a42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a42b;
$custom-light: #dabe6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72724,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A42B

secondary

#7D8ECE

accent

#64E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A42B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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